"We've definitely had a huge gay following at the concerts, and we love them. They know how to frickin' party!"

Backstreet Boys are currently on a joint tour with New Kids On The Block under the name NKOTBSB and Nick says the pairing works well, because the two acts are so similar.

He said: "We come from two separate eras, but the similarities are that we dance, we sing and the songs were R 'n' B influenced."

The singer also believes current boy bands should aspire to be like his group.

He added to Attitude magazine: "We come from an era of Take That, New Kids, N*Sync. I'm not trying to say we live in the past, but when you think about what we are, we're the epitome of what it should be."